Lot #: 152
Price Realized: $2,006.00
($1,700 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Extremely Rare Glazed Redware Coffee Jar, Inscribed "Ground Coffey / M B Miller / 1834", Eastern U.S. origin, 1834, cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder and footed base, featuring the incised script inscriptions, "Ground Coffey" and "M B Miller", above an incised sine wave design. Surface covered in a lead glaze over a mottled orange ground. Highly desirable subject matter. Few American utilitarian pottery pieces from the 19th century reference this popular household good. Provenance: Robert Meltzer Collection. Very nice condition with some expected rim wear and some smooth, shallow chipping to rim. H 6 7/8".
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